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of the mountain. The top of the
mountain is covered with timber
most Of it recent growth, and the
width of the spur when you start
on your return trip is perhaps
half a mile wide, and tapers to
point nearly mile away,
in the precipitous rocks forming
Lookout Point, which rises for
more tfan hundred feet, near
and almost Immediately over
where you change cars, when
reaching what is ordinarily called
the top Of the mountain.
AS you pass down toward the
point the old breast works may be
seen upon your right, and when
about half way down you come to
a fence, and locked gate. Here
boy drawls out through his nose,
twenty-five cents to go through
here" You pay and as you pass
on the mountain narrows like an
i'll made wedge, the point being
aptly called Lookout Point. Here
a house is built, and the Photo
fiend and curiosity man is always
there, but anyway you go it costs
25 cents to reach the point, from
the car and you have either got to
walk a mile climb two hundred
feet, halfway up ladders. Then
the photograph man is ready to
take your picture for so cents; a
cheap and inartistic ambrotype,
and the young heroes (?) some of
them, delight in having their pic
lures taken with their legs hang
ing over the precipice, and near
the house there is a shelving rock
about eight feet high, and on the
top of that one fellow will lie
down and by the arms hold an
other over this eight foot precipice
and thus have their pictures taken
while the greatest agony is depict
ed upon the face of each, that is if
they have talent enough to look it,
but some of their efforts are truly
grotesque. Of course the picture
shows no bottom to this miniature
precipice, and the effect is really
horrifying, at least l should think
so to the fellows best girl, for
whose benefit the picture is usual
ly taken. The curiosity man Of
fers you anything from an unex-
ploded shell, down to button off
of Gen. Briggs or General Hook
er's coat.
Turning from all this the view
Is perhaps unsurpassed from any
mountain ofits height in the world
especially when you take into ac-
count its historical surroundings.
Lookout and Wills valley look
like garden, Chattanooga with its
thirty thousand people looks like
a village of toy houses, and the
Tennessee looks like a narrow
ribbon of water, upon which the
steamers make a very sorry ap-
pearance indeed. Far below you
and yet above all the vulture
poises upon motionless wing and
floats for hours at time.
But this letter is already too
long, and the Battle above the
Clouds" must be left for another.
CECIL.
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She is said to to be an Indian vir-
gin and has acted an important
part in the wars of the nation. She
governs the climate, looks after the
crops in seed time and harvest
and is honored by grand pill
grimage once a year to her shrine
She was pictured ON the banner of
Hedalgo who fought for independ-
ence but when he was shot and
the banner trailed in the earth her
power was disowned and The Vir.
gin de log Remedies who was sup
posed to be the Holy Protectress
of the Spanish, was raised in the
land. Thus the two virgins be-
came bitter enemies for many
years. The Virgin of Remedies
is invoked in time of plaques, few
ers, and accidental injuries tr the
body. She has been brought to
the city and carried in triumph
through the streets in time of
choIery. During the reign of the
emperor his wife, the lovely Char
lotta headed her procession on
foot in the streets of Mexico while
bearing lighted candle in her
hand. Atthis time the virgin had
reached the zenith of her power
and though q plaster cast only
about fifteen inches high, vet
she wore dresses adorned with
pearls, rubies and diamonds worth
fully S3,000,000, but since the exc
cution of the Emperor she has
lost her power and now the other
virgin again rules the land and
will by order of the church be
crowned protectress of all Mexico
next December. Besides these
there are minor deities all over
the land which have their respec-
tive shrines and are credited with
the performance of the usual num-
Der of miracles. In the absence
of these and other minor del
ties the cross is supposed
to have supernatural power
and hence is found in all the
houses, jails, public gambling
places and around the neck of
most of the lower class. The cook
keeps it in the kitchen, the butch
er in his shop to keep the meat
| from spelling, the milk man to
keep the milk from souring, and
the farmer in his shed to keep his
stock healthy. Thus idolatry con-
tlnues In the land of Montezuma,
only, its gods have changed in I
form and name. RAMBLER.
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Tennessee Letter.
CHATTANOOGA, June 4th, '87.

ShaA hNOOth, aAO As.B
DEAR GRApHIo:-This little city
is clustered all round with points
of interest, Lookout Mountain,
Missionary ridge, Chicamauga and
the National Cemetery in which
twelve thousand Union soldiers
sleep the sleep, that neither sound
of bugle or roll of drum can dis
turb.
Chattanooga is a thriving little
city, but there is sad lack of that
vigorous push which is chacteris-
tic of the cities of the west. When
/ say a thriving little city 1 mean
thriving for its locality. There is
here well founded desire to be
something, to get above that dis
position characteristic of SO many
of the southern towns, to let mat
ters take their own course. There is
a large element of northern and
eastern people here and they
necessarily infuse more or less OF
the yankee" push into the inhab-
itants, but the nutralizing infu-
ences of the olden times cannot yet
be fully overcome.
Although Chattanooga is sur
rounded with SO many places OF
interest and it's otherwise pleas
ant place, the hotels are SC
miserable thet man who likes to
sit down to a variety of well cook.
ed victuals can't possibly be happy
here, for there is not decent ho-
tel in all the town. The Stanton
House, the best in the place, is a
miserable failure, both in its ap-
pointments and the manner in
which it is kept and yet they have
the nerve to charge $500 per day
[ have been forced to stay here for
a few days (because 1 could not
better myself by changing, and
set before their hot bread, taste
less meats, and inferior vegetables
and think of the boasted southern
cooking and wonder, why it is that
we do not have at least little OF
it here. [ have had far better
accommodation for $500 a day
north of the Ohio. Just think Of
it, l have been here four days,
strawberries are plenty in the
market, and we have had straw
berries once, and the only other
fruit placed on the table has been
poor, little, sickly bananas, such
as street Arab would not eat un-
less quite hungry.
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Linderville Items.

Plenty of rain in this vicinity
Corn, oats and wheat are look.
ing nice since the recent rains.
Miss Fanny Lankard of Ringo's
Point is visiting the family of J.
NJ. Miller this week.
Miss Jennie Deaton, of Macon
county was visiting her cousin
Miss Susie Musick last week.
Mr.. Henry Hobbs and wife were
visiting o. P. Hollcroft and fami-
ly last Sunday.
Our S. s. is in a fourishing
condition.
Miss Lily Miller is doing ex-
cellent work as a teacher Of our
summer school.
Miss Lydia Courtney died a her
home on Sugar Greek June Sd,
1887, after an illness of two
months. We extend our sympa-
thies to the heart broken family
in this their sad bereavement
June IA, 1887. MABEL.
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Sunday School Supplies.

All persons wishing to obtain
supplies of Sunday School papers,
books, Libraries, etc, through me,
are notified that my office is on the
east side of the public square,
over G. R. Brewington's store,
with Mr.. J. r. Musick. In nv
absence orders may be left with
him. He has also kindly consent
ed to exhibit samples of publica-
tions when parties request to see
them. As the third quarter be-
gins with July, orders should be
sent forward without delay. Last
month was one of great progress
in this cause. Let the blessed
work 60 on "for God and eterni-
ty." G. W. SHARP,
Miss'y,.Am.. s. s. Union.
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Al. other New Railroad.

A telegram from st. Joe con.
tains the following information re.
lative to the Santa Fe's plans: The
company will also run a line from
here twenty miles long to Atchison
Kas., and close the gap between
those two places. The main line
of the Atchison will run from
Chicago to Fort Madison, Iowa,
from which point line will be
built direct to st. Joe and another
to Kansas CITY. The line to Chi
cago by way of st. Joe will be a
number of miles shorter than the
line via Kansas City, and much
more direct. The announcement
of the Santa Fe's plans has set
this city well nigh wild, and the
greatest excitement prevails upon
all sides. The purchasing com
mittee of the Santa Fe has been
in st. Joe several weeks, working
quietly, and that it should have
secured SO much property in SO
short time and kept it SO quiet,
is the talk of the town. This
scheme will in all probability, ne
cessitate the building of a new
bridge across the Missouri at
Atchison, Kas. The Santa Fe to-
day purchased the large packing
house of Hax Brothers, on South
fourth street, and will make it into
a freight house. In connection
with it they will build a handsome
Office building. The supposition
is that the Rock Island has forced
the Santa Fe into st. Joe" Gate
City
Ii there is any truth whatever
in the above telegram, this town
and county stands a good chance of
securing the Santa Fe after all. 1t
is hardly probable that the line
would miss Memphis and Kinks
vile. Our committee appointed
at the citizens meeting last spring
ought to investigate the report and
see what there is in it.-Memphis
Reveille.
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REGENTS PROCEEDINGS.

Five of the seven members com
posing the Board of Regents were
IN session Monday afternoon anG
and night till 10 o'clock. Among
other important business transact.
ed was the selection of part OF
the faculty and a treasurer. Prof
Blanton was chosen as principal,
Profs. Sheldon, Gentry and Nelson
and Misses Owen and Prewitt
were elected for one year. Profs,
Mason, Barnard Ross and Miss
SWEET were dropped, or atleastwere
not reelected. When the result be-
came known next morning great
surprise was manifested. There
will be meeting of the Board
again in July, when, it is quite
probable that all will be reinstat-
ed. There seems, also, to have been
considerable dissatisfaction in re-
gard to the Office of treasurer. Mr..
w. L. Baird has formerly been
treasurer and for the past three or
four years has been drawing 500
annually as a salary. The Savings
Bank, this year put in a bid for
the position proffering to do the
work connected with the Office for
nothing and in addition to give
5000 for the benefit of the Normal
at this place. Mr.. Baird received
three votes of the five present and
was declared elected, though we
understand the salary was cut off.
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the worlds broad tablet Of endur-
ing fame, as well as in the name
and in behalf of the brave Con-
federate soldiers who only yielded
up these flags after displaying the
greatest courage, bravery and
heroism in fighting for the lost
cause, that the world has ever
seen, that these flags be permitted
foreman in the nations, archieve
Improperly of the nation the glory
of her defenders, the honor of all
her people.
WHEREAS, President Cleveland
has been invited by the people of
st. Louis to be present and par
ticipate in the ceremonies of the
G.. A. r. to be held at st. Louis,
in September next, and that the
said invitation, whether authorized
by local committees of the q. A. r.
at st. Louis or not, has resulted
in heated disputes, controversies
and bitter misunderstanding.
Therefore.
Resolved, that recognizing as we
do that Grover Clevland has by
repeated acts made himself con-
spicuous and active enemy of the
Union soldiers living, and the
widows and orphans Of our fallen
comrades, and is not in sympathy
with our organization, we protest
against his being an invited guest
of the G. A. r. at its Encamp-
ment.
Resolved, that being fully aware
of and realizing the present COM
plicated situation presented to us,
we emphatically declare that Cor
poral Dix Post, No. %, will not
attend any G. A. R. meeting, and
recommend our comrades not to
attend any G. A. r. meeting
where Grover Cleveland is an in
vited guest of the G. A. r. OF
where he is to participate in its
public demonstrations.
Resolved, that copy of these
resolutions be furnished to Nat
ional and Department Headquart-
ers, and others for publication.
q. +. RAwsoN, T. c. HARRIS,
Adjt. Post Com.
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The School Site.

The School Board is having con-
siderable difficulty in securing a
site for the new school building.
This is nearly always the case
when property, especially resi-
dence property, has to be con-
demned and taken for public use.
1t is estimated that the site now
under consideration will cost at
least three thousand dollars, and
contains about one acre of land.
There is another site in the south
part of town, embracing SIX acres
which, for beauty, and location
can not easily be surpassed. 1t
is a southern slope, has excellent
drainage and is already adorned
with magnificent shade trees. We
refer to the Richter property.
We understand that this property
can be purchased, all things con-
sidered, at no greater outlay than
the one under contemplation. The
trees on the Richter property are
worth $500. Six acres of land
would allow three acres for
school grounds, and three to dis
pose of for thebenefit of the dis,
trict if the Board should deem il
best to do so. Beside the material
in the building could be used SO
as to produce quite saving. With
this site the building could be SO
placed that it would be in full
view from one Of our most public
streets, and consequently, a stand
ing advertisement for our town,
while the building on the other
site could only be seen from the
railroad. A fine building may
prove quite an attraction, but am
pie and well kept grounds WELD
and influence that the most
magnificent piles of brick and
mortar can never produce. Ii
will take many years to adorn any
other site as this would be when
the building is completed, and as
Kirksville has decided to build
not only for the present but for
the future as well, why not take
eternity into consideration and
make the money expended begin
to WELD its refining and elevating
influence from the start by pur-
chasing this beautiful site as the
future home for the school chill
dren of Kirksyille.
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BuckIen's Arnica Salve.

The Best Salve in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, letter, Chap
ped Hands, Chilblains Corns, and
all Skin Eruptians, and positively
cures Piles, or no pay required.
1t is guaranteed to give per-
feet satisfaction, or money refun-
ded. Price % cents per box.
For sale by j. G.J amison.
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LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN.

Thousands of feet above and
overlooking the city from the
southwark rises Lookout Noun
tain. The base and far up its
side being covered with a dense
growth of timber while beetling
rocks, called the Palisades, near
the top, form what at first sight ap-
pears to be almost an impossible
barrier to its ascent. Yet upon
its rugged face, amid the clouds,
was fought one of the most re-
markable battles of the war, (but
more of that later on.) Of course
one of the first things the visitor
here desires is a visit to the top of
this celebrated mountain. Taking
a street car, for five cents, you
can 60 to the foot of the mountain
two miles; then you reach an in
cline railroad and for fifty cents
they take you to the top and bring
you back. You take your seat in
car about sixteen feet long and
with one end about six feet higher
than the other. This car is run by
a small engine and cable, and the
sensation of a first trip is not an
easy thing described. You sit
with your back to the top of the
mountain; in other words you go
up the mountain like a crawfsh,
backward. The road is new and
rough, and as you rapidly rise the
the great panorama of the Chatta-
nooga valley, Lookout valley, the
Tennessee river, Moccasin point,
the Raccoon Mountain, and Mis-
sionary Ridge, with the City of
Chattanooga appearing almost at
your feet, suggests the rapid un-
rolling of an immense picture, and
your surroundings are so grand
that for a moment you forget your
actual position, but directly you
catch sight Of another car shoot
ing past you like race horse, you
see the little black wheels carrying
the cable spinning around like
mad, some perpendicular and some
lying almost flat on their sides,
and yet all spinning around with |
equal rapidity, the little engine is
putting and blowing like an angry
bull; you glance over your should
er atthe frowing Mountain against
the perpendicular rocks against
which you seem to be plunging,
again you turn your eyes to your
toes, and horrors, you seem to be
looking almost straight down for
thousands of feet. With a shud-
der You look at the little cable and
the whizzing, whistling wheels,
and you think, if a wheel should
give way, if the cable should part,
if anything should brake, who
would be able to recognize the
crushed mass of flesh and bones ly-
ing at the bottom. You shut your
ayes and hold your breath, you
can't tell how long, but YOU are
recalled to yourself by a little
sound, you open your
ayes with jerk and find, not
Yourself plunging to obstruction,
put that the car is slowing up, and
hat you are near the top of Look
'ut mountain. Then you give a
ugh of relief, and look around
,ou. Then, if you are a lover of
he sublime you feel you are fully
,aid for all you have suffered in
he ascent. u
When you haye reached the end
+ the cable you can, if you wish =
hange to another car also run by i
n engine, but without cable for
till another mile, to the Lookout |
iouse, Seeing Point and SO on.
hen a very nice thing to do is to i
eturn on foot along the summit +,
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RESOLUTIONS OF CORPORAL DIX
POST

At regular meeting of Jorpor
al Dix Post, No. %, G.. A. r. Dept
of Mo-, June 10th, 1887, commit
tee consisting of comrades r. Fl
Browne, J. M. Mccall, E. o
Gates, I. c. Harris, and B. f
Heiny, were appointed to report
resolutions protesting against the
order of President Cleveland sur.
rendering the captured battle flags
taken by the armies and navy Of
the Union, to the separate states
those lately in rebellion, and tc
express the probable action and
the oppinions of the Post on the
proposed attendance of President
Cleveland at the G. A. R. Encamp.
ment at st Louis, Mo-, in Sep.
tember next, who reported the fol.
lowing:
Whereas, Grover Cleveland
President of the United States,
has directed the return of the
battle flags captured by the Union
armies during the late civil wal
and now held as trophies in the
National arehiys at Washington.
Therefore, be it resolved by
Corporal Dix Post No. %, of the
Dept, of Missouri, of the Grand
Army of the Republic, that we
regard this act Of the President
as an abuse of official authority,
offensive to both Union and Con-
federate soldiers, for all true and
brave soldiers recognize that the
victors are entitled to the trophies
of the battle.
End. These flags are the prop
erty of the nation, they do not
belong to the President, nor to the
Grand Army, nor to any other
individual or organization, but
they belong to the whole people,
to the North and to the South; to
the East and to the West, to the
Union and to the Confederate, to
the living and to the dead.
3rd. A long line of patriotic
and illustrious Presidents have
guarded these trophies of the
American Soldiers, from many a
bloody field with jealous care, in
the name of the true and loyal
people of this great nation, and we
believe it would be as unjust and
inappropriate to surrender and
deliver up these trophies of battle,
these mementoes and heir-looms
Of nations glory, as it would be
TO surrender the forts and arsenals
Of the United States and the ves-
sells of its navy to the states lately
IN rebellion.
4th Therefore be 1T resolved,
That we demand in the name. and
n behalf of the brave and patrio-
;lc Union soldiers, whose praise
las has been sung by a thousand
'ards, and whose deeds of patriot
SIN and love of country have been
written in indelible characters no
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FRIDAY JUNE 24,

FRIDAY JUNE ~,
Maxwell, the murderer OF
Preller, has been sentenced to
hang August 18th.
Out of a class of sixty-four,
graduating at West Point this
wear, a colored cadet won second
honors.
We call attention in this
issue to the advertisement OF >.
P. Erwin, of Dodge City, Kansas,
Mr.. Erwin is former Kirksvill-
ian and is a reliable gentleman.
When a man is overpow-
cred and bound in chains, he de-
serves pity, but when he walks up
aud puts out his hands. to be
manacled he is worthy of nothing
but contempt.
The Trenton Republican
has at last handed down the lnfor-
nation that, tits not unlikely that
a connection will be made at that
place between the Q. NJ. & P. and
the Rock Island railroads.
The bonds for the public
school building have been sold In
st. Louis, at premium of two and
seven 100-hundreths per cent,
Kehlehrn & Co., of st. Louis were
the purchasers.
BY special :. arrangement,
we publish each week, one OF Rev.
L. Dewitt Talmage's excellent
and eloquent sermons. Owing to
the high degree of satisfaction it
gives our patrons, this feature of
the paper will be continued.
Under the new laws of Mis-
souri,, which went into effect June
Doth, justices of the peace cannot
hold inquests on the bodies of de-
ceased persons. When such du-
ties are to be performed, the coro-
ner must be notified.
While the President is be-
ing censured from every quarter
for orderinga a restoration of the
confederate flags now held in
Washington, it should not be over
looked that Capt. Hatch endorsed
the Presidents order.
1t has been said by those
who ought to now that it takes four
votes to elect q Normal teacher.
Now the questen is how many
votes does it take to elect to any
other position connected with the
school.
All things being equal the
people care very little about who
handles the Normal funds. But
when there is question of saving
two or three hundred dollars to
the appropriated funds, it becomes
subject of discussion for the
whole people.
We kindly invite the atten-
ton of our readers to this issue of
the GRAPHIC. 1t contains tele-
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most completed arrangements to
furnish our readers with excellent
stories during the fall and winter
and that you may know that the
paper will be kept up to its pres
ent standard, we invite you to see
future issues by subscribing.
REGENTS PROCEEDINGS.
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The hardest thing to empty out
of the heart is conceit. As men
abound in conceit they depreciate
in excellence.
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When Baby was sick, We gave her csstoria
When she was = Child she cried for Casror,,
When she became Miss, she clung to Castor,,
When she h,d Children, she gave them Css,or.,